景
jǐngyǐng HSK3

scenery

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 京 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
京
京 Sound component
jīng capital city

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

影憬

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjaengXC.qraŋʔ bright; image
kjaengX[C.q]raŋʔ a kind of coat

說文解字

《說文》：“景，光也。从日，京聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)